Tag: South Africa

via FoxNews – The picturesque port city of Cape Town, South Africa has long had the distinction of being one of the world’s top tourist destinations. But now, the city is on track to top another list it doesn’t want to be included in: The first major city in the modern era to have its water supply chain switched off.

The city is experiencing a record-low water drought and city officials say soon they may have to take extraordinary steps to restrict water usage.

Experts say this kind of drought only comes once in 300 years. Dam water levels are dangerously low, at an average of 25 percent. In some areas, levels are dropping by as much as 1 percent a day.

Under Level 6B restrictions introduced this week, residents and tourists can only use about 13 gallons – or 50 liters – of water a day, or face stiff fines. That’s the equivalent of a small to medium-sized tub of water.

Reports say that the Democratic Republic of Congo might be the largest producers of cannabis in Africa. And the crops are in such high demand, that some former miners of conflict metals are seeking a career shift.

About the only “good news” about the longstanding practice of high-tech gadget manufacturers sourcing raw materials from war-ravaged areas is that everybody does it.

According to Amnesty International, buyers of “conflict metals” like cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo—where child labor does the mining and where child soldiers also inflict the killing in the predictable squabbles over resources—include Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft and Lenovo.

Strike that. There’s more good news. The Congo is also a hub for cannabis production—according to some sources, the biggest producer of marijuana anywhere in Africa. And as per a new report in Ozy, some former miners are ditching blood minerals and growing weed instead.

via ZeroHedge – The world’s oldest gold trader is for sale after a massive money laundering scandal may have terminally crippled one of the most iconic names in the business.

Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia is exploring options for its gold business ScotiaMocatta, the Financial Times reported, which include a possible sale of Canada’s most popular precious metals trader. Scotiabank made a decision to sell ScotiaMocatta following a massive money laundering scandal centered on a U.S. refinery that involved smuggled gold from South America. The ScotiaMocatta business, a mainstay in PM trading, is one of London’s main gold trading banks and is being sold by JPMorgan.

A part of the deception is that all Central Banks are in private hands, it’s just a matter of how many layers there are between the issued “debt” and the UN. The UN underwrites all “speech-debt human rights” having removed all speech rights. The SARB is a member of the UN IMF and BIS, and the Nationalized Central Bank would also be members of the UN IMF and BIS, (U.N.-)naturally.

A global scandal of historic proportions is officially underway involving the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS), the Ministry of Health of Japan, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Auckland University and members of the World Health Organization. The global backlash and evidence of damage from the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has left a wake of injury in every country it has been approved in. Parents and families have campaigned and raised awareness forcing the politicians and medical communities of their respected countries to take notice, revoke the HPV vaccine’s approval, and focus efforts towards the care and recovery of their teenage girls and boys. To date, very few politicians, regulatory bodies, or the greater mainstream medical community have responded with appropriate leadership. The continued culmination of inept leadership and apathetic medical communities is causing frustration, anger and regret that is spilling over borders of individual countries to combine into a single, solitary voice for justice.

The HPV vaccine is neither safe nor effective, this is an irrefutable fact. As the truth about the scientific research fraud and medical crimes done to hide the dangers of this shot continues to become public, the criminals are scurrying. The medical community at large is facing the gut check of a lifetime — to follow orders or not to follow orders, this is the question of the day. With the evidence at hand, massive legal action is now a possibility for those health care providers who continue to inject their patients with the HPV vaccine.